Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and H2U Technologies are testing a new electrolyzer, called the Gramme 50, for the production of green hydrogen. According to early analysis, the cost target of the new technology is half that of current electrolyzers and the total cost of ownership over its life is expected to be 75% less. The Gramme 50 electrolyzer features a radically different stack design to achieve high current density and outlet pressure requirements.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2021

Big trucks have big charging needs. They’re megawatt-level charging needs, when you consider how quickly trucks will need to pack the energy back in and not interrupt their daily, time-is-money business too much. Electric Island aims to meet those needs and more. Developed by Portland General Electric and Daimler Trucks North America.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

Allison Transmission’s eGen Flex, its next generation electric hybrid propulsion solution ( earlier post ), will be put into revenue service at New York City Transit (NYCT) in May. The eGen Flex system—comprising the drive unit, inverter and rechargeable energy storage system—includes full electric drive capability for up to 10 miles, depending upon duty cycle and accessory load demands.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2021

Chinese automaker BYD has already built more electric cars than many established automakers, and now it's launching a new dedicated platform for its next generation of EVs. The BYD e-platform 3.0 debuted at the 2021 Shanghai auto show with some impressive performance figures including, according to the company, up to 600 miles of range (likely.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

The production model 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ EV has made its debut. With testing of Cadillac’s inaugural electric luxury SUV running ahead of schedule, the brand announced that customers may place order reservations beginning in September 2021, with initial availability starting the first half of 2022. A 12-module, 100 kWh battery pack and a rear-wheel-drive Ultium Platform deliver a Cadillac-estimated 340 horsepower and 440 N·m of torque, along with a Cadillac-estimated range of more than 30

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2021

A Portland site is a template for big-rig fast-charging, and open for public use. Biodiesel from beef fat will soon be mass-produced by a Nebraska joint venture. And BYD gives a top-level preview of its third-generation platform for electric vehicles. This and more on Earth Day, here at Green Car Reports. China’s BYD has revealed its.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2021

Soon, truckers may be able to fill their stomachs and their trucks from the same source. The Love's chain of highway rest stops is partnering with agriculture giant Cargill to turn beef fat into diesel. On Tuesday, the two companies announced a 50/50 joint venture called Heartwell Renewables, as well as plans for a factory in Hastings, Nebraska.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) will demonstrate a combination of technologies that will produce hydrogen from renewable natural gas (RNG) at SunLine Transit Agency’s hydrogen fueling station in Thousand Palms, California. The research project, called “H2 SilverSTARS,” will produce renewable hydrogen to fuel SunLine’s fleet of 17 hydrogen fuel cell electric buses and support further expansion.

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Electrek

APRIL 22, 2021

Tesla Model 3 and Model Y prices have been on a roller coaster so far in 2021 and now they went up again in a new update today. The cheapest Tesla now starts at $39,000. more… The post Tesla increases Model 3 and Model Y prices again, now starts at $39,000 appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

A new report commissioned by Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) projects that California’s electric transportation (ET)-related workforce will nearly double by 2024. With an estimated 3,900 ET-related businesses in 2019, California is already the leading state in electric transportation. The report, “Electrifying California: Economic Potential of Growing Electric Transportation,” was prepared for AEE by leading workforce and economic development research consultant BW Research Partnership.

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Teslarati

APRIL 22, 2021

Tesla is planning to build a new team that will help explore the use of new materials that can be used in the company’s products, according to one of the automaker’s lead engineers. One great example of this is the Tesla Cybertruck that will utilize a stainless steel alloy for its exoskeleton. Tesla has long worked to experiment with new materials for its vehicles, refining the processes it uses to create highly effective and safe cars for consumers to drive.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

EV technology developer Battle Motors has acquired commercial vehicle OEM Crane Carrier Company. Battle Motors was founded by Michael Patterson, the founder of Romeo Power; Paul Marsolan, co-founder and former CTO of InAuth, Inc.; and Nick Sampson, co-founder of Faraday Future and former head of vehicle engineering at Tesla. Crane Carrier Company (CCC) has been manufacturing commercial vehicles for 75 years and is based in New Philadelphia, Ohio with 180 sales and service dealers throughout Nort

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Electrek

APRIL 22, 2021

Tesla is creating a new team to accelerate use of new materials in its products and processes. This new move aims to capitalize on Tesla’s longtime focus on new materials science. more… The post Tesla creates new team to accelerate use of new materials in its products appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

Chevron USA, through its Chevron Products Company division (Chevron), and Toyota Motor North America, Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding to explore a strategic alliance to catalyze and lead the development of commercially viable, large-scale businesses in hydrogen, with the goal to advance a functional, thriving global hydrogen economy. Chevron and Toyota are seeking to work on three main strategic priorities: Collaborating on hydrogen-related public policy measures that support the devel

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Electrek

APRIL 22, 2021

Elon Musk announced that Tesla has increased the power capacity of the latest Powerwall 2 units by up to 50% in some temperatures. more… The post Tesla is increasing Powerwall power capacity by up to 50% appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

Renesas Electronics Corporation and SiFive , Inc., the industry leader in RISC-V processors and silicon solutions, announced a strategic partnership to develop next-generation, high-end RISC-V solutions for automotive applications. The partnership will also include SiFive licensing the use of their RISC-V core IP portfolio to Renesas. RISC-V is an open standard instruction set architecture (ISA) based on established reduced instruction set computer (RISC) principles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2021

I more or less started my coverage of Tesla almost a decade ago responding to nonsense about Tesla that was being pushed by much bigger players in the media industry. Unfortunately, that work is still necessary today. There was a very unfortunate Tesla crash this week that led to the death of two men. There […].

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Teslarati

APRIL 22, 2021

The Tesla Powerwall 2 battery is about to get significantly more impressive, with CEO Elon Musk recently noting that the residential energy storage unit is poised to receive a free software update in the near future. This update, which could roll out sometime next month, would allow some Powerwall batteries to have a power increase of over 50%. . Musk’s remarks about the upcoming Powerwall 2 update came as a follow-up to his previous statements on Wednesday night, when he announced that Te

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2021

I kept thinking about this AutoTrader story and smiling intermittently for hours when it came to mind again. It cracked me up. It’s one thing to try to deny reality in a sad way (and maybe this had a bit of that in it), but it’s another thing to try to deny reality in an […].

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Teslarati

APRIL 22, 2021

Consumer Reports claims to have shown that Tesla Autopilot can be “easily tricked” into driving without anyone in the driver’s seat. The test process was extremely bizarre and required certain items that most drivers would never have in their vehicles. CR released a report on April 22nd entitled, “ CR Engineers Show a Tesla Will Drive With No One in the Driver’s Seat. ” The test was in response to the recent and very public Tesla Model S crash in Texas , where

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Electrek

APRIL 22, 2021

The BlackRock US Carbon Transition Readiness exchange-traded fund (ETF) (LCTU) launched last week. It broke records on its first trading day with $1.25 billion invested. But there’s a big problem with this ETF: It’s jam-packed with Big Oil companies. more… The post BlackRock’s Carbon Transition Fund is swimming in Big Oil appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2021

If you haven’t been keeping up with the news regarding Tesla and a spectacle a Tesla owner created in China, it’s a really sad situation where a customer felt that she had to take extreme actions to get Tesla’s attention. Currently, the Shanghai Auto Show is in full swing. The customer was upset over the […].

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Electrek

APRIL 22, 2021

As a pilot and electric vehicle enthusiast, I’ve been waiting for a larger cabin aircraft to emerge from all of the electric startups. Bye aircraft, which is named after its founder, George E. Bye, not the salutation, may have a winner in its new gorgeous turboprop-class eFlyer 800… more… The post Bye eFlyer 800 will fly you and 7 of your closest friends 500nm at 320 knots, or more with solar appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2021

The Santa Monica City Council has given Tesla’s 62-stall Supercharger project the green light to move forward with construction, The Santa Monica Daily Press reports. Construction was postponed after a previously approved Emergency Interim Zoning Ordinance (IZO) banned all nonresidential developments in Santa Monica. The unanimous vote last week by city council members amended and […].

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Teslarati

APRIL 22, 2021

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) announced that The Boring Company’s Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Loop is operational and expects to welcome its first visitors in June 2021. According to a press release shared with Teslarati , the LVCC Loop will be transporting people attending the World of Concrete event, holding exhibits at the Las Vegas Convention Center from June 8-10 later this year.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2021

The World Car Awards recently chose the Volkswagen ID.4 for World Car of the Year. After test drives of eligible vehicles by a panel of 93 well-known automotive journalists, they chose winners for every category and then the overall winner. Here’s the stream of the final announcement, which was conducted entirely remotely due to the […].

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Teslarati

APRIL 22, 2021

SpaceX’s second operational Dragon astronaut launch and one of the biggest milestones in the history of rocket and spacecraft reuse will have to wait until Friday after bad ‘abort’ weather tripped up an otherwise excellent Thursday launch attempt. Aside from nature’s boundless chaos, all other elements of SpaceX and NASA’s Crew-2 astronaut launch are in excellent condition and ready for flight – now scheduled no earlier than 5:49 am EDT (09:49 UTC) on Friday,

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Electrek

APRIL 22, 2021

In Victoria, Australia, the state government is considering implementing a punitive mileage tax specifically on electric cars. A coalition of organizations, including Hyundai, VW, Uber, ABB, WWF, and others, has come out against the proposal, calling it the “worst electric vehicle policy in the world” in a full-page ad in The Age newspaper in Melbourne.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2021

Some recent court documents shed light on a drug organization’s fascinating attempt to create a zero-emission vehicle for their drug smuggling. If the project had been finished, it would have enabled smugglers to get drugs into Europe and eventually other places much more easily. Background: The Cat & Mouse Game It’s not uncommon to find […].

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Electrek

APRIL 22, 2021

A new electric vehicle unveiled by China’s Great Wall Ora brand this week has attracted the interest of Volkswagen’s legal department for its resemblance to the classic VW Beetle. more… The post Beetle-inspired Ora Punk Cat electric car raises some eyebrows in VW’s legal department appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2021

The Auto Shanghai 2021 season is here from the 19th to 28th of April, which means brands are showing off new EVs for the Chinese market for more than a week. ORA (??), which stands for Open Reliable and Alternative, is preparing to unveil 3 cars at the auto show: ??? (Lightning Cat) The first is […].

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Teslarati

APRIL 22, 2021

GM has entered the premium all-electric crossover SUV market, and its flagship vehicle is the rather eye-catching Cadillac Lyriq. Poised to hit the roads in the first half of 2022, the Lyriq will be entering an market already saturated by formidable opponents like the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the best-selling Tesla Model Y. . With the competiton in the EV SUV market in mind, it’s important to know how the Cadillac Lyriq stacks up against two of the strongest entries in the premium all-elec

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2021

Another recent piece here at CleanTechnica went over a way to get 5 electric cars built with the same lithium that goes into an EV today. What George said is definitely true, but I wanted to add some thoughts on how we could actually make it happen. One non-starter I saw in the article was […].

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 22, 2021

Today President Joe Biden committed to cutting U.S. fossil fuel emissions up to 52 percent by 2030. His statement came during a virtual climate change summit with 40 world leaders. Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Vladimir Putin of Russia both committed to working on cutting emissions. In a call to action, Biden said, “The […]. The post Biden to Slash U.S.

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